اصل

See also: أصل, آصل, and أضل

Arabic

Verb

اِصْلِ • (iṣli) (form I) /isˤ.li/

  1. second-person masculine singular imperative of صَلَى (ṣalā)

Persian

Etymology

    Borrowed from Arabic أَصْل (ʔaṣl).

    Pronunciation

     

    Readings
    Classical reading? asl
    Dari reading? asl
    Iranian reading? asl
    Tajik reading? asl

    Adjective

    اصل • (asl) (Tajik spelling асл)

    1. genuine
    2. original

    Noun

    اصل • (asl) (plural اصول, or اصل‌ها (asl-hā / asl-hâ), Tajik spelling асл)

    1. origin, source
    2. original (copy)
    3. principle, tenet, foundation

    Descendants

    • Bengali: আসল (aśol)
    • Hindustani:
      Hindi: असल (asal)
      Urdu: اَصْل (asl)
    • Kazakh: асыл (asyl)
    • Malayalam: അസൽ (asal)
    • Punjabi:
      Gurmukhi script: ਅਸਲ (asal)
      Shahmukhi script: اَصْل (aṣl)
    • Tamil: அசல் (acal)
    • Uyghur: ئەسل (esl)

    Further reading

    • Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “اصل”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

    Urdu

    Etymology

      Borrowed from Classical Persian اَصْل (asl), borrowed from Arabic أَصْل (ʔaṣl).

      Pronunciation

      Adjective

      اَصْل • (asl) (Hindi spelling असल)

      1. fundamental, basic
      2. radical
      3. original, genuine
      4. pure, real

      Noun

      اَصْل • (aslf (Hindi spelling असल)

      1. bottom
      2. foundation, base
      3. origin, source
      4. element
      5. essence
      6. principle
      7. reality
      8. fact
      9. truth, true
      10. hypostasis, germ, lineage, quid, root, rudiment
      11. stock